Our full selection of articles exploring mindfulness.
Connecting with your partner requires intention and presence—things that can be challenging to cultivate in our busy modern lives. Mindfulness activities for couples help you and your partner enhance your bond by being fully engaged with each other. Practicing mindfulness techniques together offers a number of benefits for couples. Mindfulness activities can reduce stress, increase…
Every year, a handful of countries around the world celebrate Thanksgiving—an annual excuse for family togetherness, and a reminder to be grateful for what we have. When I was growing up, we got together with my extended family for Thanksgiving dinner. Before eating, everyone went around the table and read a gratitude-related quote. (For example,…
Mindfulness exercises at work have a few requirements: you need to be able to do them in a professional environment; they need to be quick; and they need to be simple enough to remember them when you need them. This list of workplace mindfulness exercises is full of stress-reducing exercises you can do in three…
It’s never too early to teach journaling skills. Journal prompts for kids are one of the best ways to help all children, from elementary students to high schoolers, navigate how they’re feeling. As a parent or a teacher, providing prompts can help kids conquer the blank page while providing essential structure that teaches key mindfulness and…
Let me paint a picture for you: It’s 9:00pm after a long day of work, chores, and childcare. The dishes are piling up, and meanwhile, I only got 40% of my to do list done. Vague feelings of unaccomplishment are replacing the optimism I had in the morning. Try as I might, I can’t nudge myself back into…
Meetings can be chaotic, but using grounding exercises for meetings can invite a sense of calm and relaxation for participants. Whether you’re running a meeting or conducting a seminar, group grounding exercises can start your session off on the right foot—or reset a group’s energy in the middle of long meetings. A Mini-Guide to Grounding…
Some mindfulness activities that may appeal to seniors and older adults include mindful breathing exercises, gentle yoga or tai chi, nature walks, meditation, mindful art, journaling, and mindful listening to music or poetry. Mindfulness skills such as self-compassion, patience, awareness, emotional balance, and calming the nervous system can be especially beneficial for older adults. By…
If you’re teaching mindfulness for college students, here’s the key: put your mindfulness activities in a context students will be interested in. That means making mindfulness exercises relevant to their lives—like meditating to make studying easier. Mindfulness skills such as self-compassion, patience, awareness, emotional balance, and calming the nervous system can benefit university students who…
They key with mindfulness activities for high school students is to put the activities in a context teenagers are interested in. That means making mindfulness exercises relevant to their lives, like meditating to make studying easier. Or, doing exercises that spark curiosity like mindful coloring and mindful music listening. Anyone going through their teenage years…
Here’s a hard-won truth that, once you experience it for yourself, can save you some serious headaches: You can’t always trust your thoughts. Knowing when not to trust your thoughts is a skill. Cultivating this skill can save your relationships, improve your sanity, and generally make life easier. But first—aren’t you supposed to trust our gut?…
It’s important to put mindfulness activities for middle school students in a context they’re interested in. That means mindfulness exercises that are relevant to their lives: interactive mindfulness activities like mindful eating, mindful music listening, and movement exercises. Middle schoolers can benefit as much as anyone else from mindfulness skills like self-compassion, patience, awareness, emotional…
Brain dump journals help you transform vague feelings of worry into concrete ideas that you can take action on, or at least understand better. In this article, I’ll give you three behind-the-scenes examples of my own brain dump journaling process so you can decide if this journaling method is for you. I’ve recently been digging…
Stress finds its way into everyone’s life. When it does, how do you manage? My humble answer: Not too well. Despite writing about mindfulness, having attended a 10-day silent retreat, and possessing an off-and-on relationship with meditation, I continue to be at the whim of external circumstances. Right now, I’m going through a season of this kind of stress….
Money mantras help you combat negative money narratives like guilt, shame, or low self-worth. Over time, money mantras can improve your relationship with money and change your behavior accordingly. Are money mantras a real thing? They are. But they’re not magic, The technique behind mantras has actual research in the fields of psychology and neuroscience….
The brain’s capacity for worrying is incredible. And believe it or not, your brain is actually trying to help you by worrying! Evolutionarily speaking, worrying about potentially negative outcomes is useful. In this article, I’ll walk you through why your brain worries, and what you can do about it. But first, a short story… A…
Mindfulness affirmations help you stay centered, calm, and in the present moment—no matter what stressful situations may be going on. Through mindfulness affirmations, you can train yourself to notice when your mind starts to drift away from the present moment and gently bring yourself back. It’s easy to get distracted and end up living your…
Committing to Mindful Monday is one of the easiest ways to get started with mindfulness, and is easy to incorporate into your work schedule. Mindful Mondays simply involve committing to mindfulness practices just one day per week. There are many approaches to reducing stress at work, but mindfulness is an easily accessible and well-studied method…
Mantras for gratitude help you appreciate your life by helping you focus on what you have, rather than what you don’t have. The more you express gratitude each day, the more things you find to be grateful for. This list of mantras is designed to guide you in building feelings of gratitude. Your mindset has…
Urge surfing is a way to create a mindful pause between cravings and action by “riding the wave” of your urges as they rise and subside. By surfing urges instead of acting on them right away, you can give yourself a chance to choose the action you want to take, rather than doing it on…
Self confidence mantras can help you cultivate self trust and come to rely on your instincts and abilities. Oftentimes, feelings of low self-esteem can create a distorted view of the world. This list of self empowering mantras to boost confidence is designed to build feelings of self-worth, trust, and belief in yourself. All of us…